| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb apostatize.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (apostatize) | 1. Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances.[Wordnet]. 2. To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: apostatizing, apostatized, apostatizes, apostatizer, apostatizers, apostatizingly and apostatizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "APOSTATIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: APOSTATIZING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Abandoning a church, profession, sect or party.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of apostatize. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
